Oral literature in the digital age : archiving orality and connecting with communities / edited by Mark Turin, Claire Wheeler and Eleanor Wilkinson.

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"Thanks to ever-greater digital connectivity, interest in oral traditions has grown beyond that of researcher and research subject to include a widening pool of global users. When new publics consume, manipulate and connect with field recordings and digital cultural archives, their involvement raises important practical and ethical questions. This volume explores the political repercussions of studying marginalised languages; the role of online tools in ensuring responsible access to sensitive cultural materials; and ways of ensuring that when digital documents are created, they are not fossilized as a consequence of being archived. Fieldwork reports by linguists and anthropologists in three continents provide concrete examples of overcoming barriers—ethical, practical and conceptual—in digital documentation projects. Oral Literature in the Digital Age is an essential guide and handbook for ethnographers, field linguists, community activists, curators, archivists, librarians, and all who connect with indigenous communities in order to document and preserve oral traditions. Oral Literature in the Digital Age is part of our World Oral Literature Series in conjunction with the World Oral Literature Project."--Publisher's website.

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Cambridge : Open Book Publishers, [2013], ©2013.

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1 online resource (190 pages) : illustrations.

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Contents

Contents -- Editors -- Contributors -- Introduction by Mark Turin, Claire Wheeler and Eleanor Wilkinson -- I. Principles and Methods of Archiving and Conservation -- 1. The Archive Strikes Back: Effects of Online Digital Language Archiving on Research Relations and Property Rights / Thomas Widlok -- 2. Access and Accessibility at ELAR, A Social Networking Archive for Endangered Languages Documentation / David Nathan -- 3. Multiple Audiences and Co-Curation: Linking an Ethnographic Archive of Endangered Oral Traditions to Contemporary Contexts / Judith Aston and Paul Matthews -- II. Engagements and Reflections from the Field 4. Researchers as Griots? Reflections on Multimedia Fieldwork in West Africa / Daniela Merolla and Felix Ameka in collaboration with Kofi Dorvlo -- 5. American Indian Oral Literature, Cultural Identity and Language Revitalisation: Some Considerations for Researchers / Margaret Field -- 6. Ecuador's Indigenous Cultures: Astride Orality and Literacy / Jorge Gómez Rendón -- 7. From Shrine to Stage: A Personal Account of the Challenges of Archiving the Tejaji Ballad of Rajasthan / Madan Meena -- 8. Mongghul Ha Clan Oral History Documentation / Ha Mingzong, Ha Mingzhu, and C.K. Stuart -- Index.

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Includes bibliography (p. 156-158) and index.

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  • 9781909254329
  • 9781909254336
  • 9781909254343

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  • 2054-362X